JAMDA
May 16, 2020
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JAMDA
May 15, 2020
Association of Deprescribing With Reduction in Mortality and Hospitalization: A Pragmatic Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Deprescribing has gained awareness recently, but the clinical benefits observed from randomized trials are limited. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led 5-step team-care deprescribing intervention in nursing homes to reduce falls (fall risks and fall rates). Secondary ...
JAMDA
May 14, 2020
Interventions to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults Admitted to a Surgical Service: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Managing older patients with surgical conditions is a major challenge for hospitals. There is therefore a growing interest in providing geriatric perioperative services. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to characterize and assess the impact of targeted perioperative geriatric interve...
JAMDA
May 11, 2020
Measuring Slowness in Old Age: Times to Perform Moberg Picking-Up and Walking Speed Tests
Slowness is a marker of frailty captured by the Fried phenotype by a walking speed test which, for health or logistical reasons, is sometimes difficult to perform. The Moberg picking-up test (MPUT) is another timed functional test. It measures hand motor activity and might represent an alternative to asses...
JAMDA
May 10, 2020
Palliative Sedation and End of Life: Lights and Shadows
JAMDA
May 10, 2020
Impact of Anticholinergic Burden on Cognitive Performance: A Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
Calf Circumference as a Case-Finding Tool for Sarcopenia: Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Performance
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
The COVID Grim Reaper
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMDA
May 6, 2020
Understated Cognitive Impairment Assessed with the Clock-Drawing Test in Community-Dwelling Individuals Aged ≥50 Years
To estimate the prevalence of understated cognitive impairment by administering the Clock-Drawing Test (CDT) to community-dwelling individuals aged ≥50 years and to investigate the associated clinical phenotype.
